Compound words - two possible choices?
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Compound words - two possible choices?
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I was wondering if DC's had ever done papers where there's two possible choices of compound word?
Perhaps the one below, that DD2 has spotted, can't be counted as a compound word as it doesn't conform to rules? I'd be ever so pleased to hear what people think
IPS 30 Minute Practice Tests - Paper 8 Q8
(go in come) (lives dies exist)
The answer is "come - dies" but she chose "in - dies"
I think she's come across some others but as usual, when I've gone to look through her past papers, I can't find them
She has her list of compound words but for some reason, chose "in - dies" lol!
I was wondering if DC's had ever done papers where there's two possible choices of compound word?
Perhaps the one below, that DD2 has spotted, can't be counted as a compound word as it doesn't conform to rules? I'd be ever so pleased to hear what people think
IPS 30 Minute Practice Tests - Paper 8 Q8
(go in come) (lives dies exist)
The answer is "come - dies" but she chose "in - dies"
I think she's come across some others but as usual, when I've gone to look through her past papers, I can't find them
She has her list of compound words but for some reason, chose "in - dies" lol!
Re: Compound words - two possible choices?
It's a bad question. "Indies" is a perfectly good word: not only as a contraction of "independents" but as a proper noun, as in "West Indies" or "Dutch East Indies". It's possible the rubric of the question excludes proper nouns, of course.bravado wrote: The answer is "come - dies" but she chose "in - dies"
Re: Compound words - two possible choices?
daveg
thanks for the reply - I also wondered if proper nouns may be excluded as choices. We've been doing some history at home about the "Indies" - I think that must have made an impression on her brain lol!
At first, I thought that plurals may be excluded...then I remembered that other answers included plurals
thanks for the reply - I also wondered if proper nouns may be excluded as choices. We've been doing some history at home about the "Indies" - I think that must have made an impression on her brain lol!
At first, I thought that plurals may be excluded...then I remembered that other answers included plurals
Re: Compound words - two possible choices?
bravado,
I didn't get that! Good thing it's not me doing it!
I didn't get that! Good thing it's not me doing it!
Re: Compound words - two possible choices?
It can't be 'Indies' as a proper noun as it has no capital letter.
'Indies' as in the plaural of the informal word formed by contracting 'independent' is in the dictionary, though.
I suppose this is where exam technique comes in: if more than one answer is possinle, the kid has to determine which one is most likely to result in getting the marks!
'Indies' as in the plaural of the informal word formed by contracting 'independent' is in the dictionary, though.
I suppose this is where exam technique comes in: if more than one answer is possinle, the kid has to determine which one is most likely to result in getting the marks!
Re: Compound words - two possible choices?
I'm intrigued - how do they determine it?Len Scap wrote:It can't be 'Indies' as a proper noun as it has no capital letter.
'Indies' as in the plaural of the informal word formed by contracting 'independent' is in the dictionary, though.
I suppose this is where exam technique comes in: if more than one answer is possinle, the kid has to determine which one is most likely to result in getting the marks!
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Re: Compound words - two possible choices?
To the best of my knowledge there has only ever been one case of an ambiguous or incorrect question on a real paper in the last 6 years.
I really wouldn't worry about the possibility of it occurring.
I really wouldn't worry about the possibility of it occurring.
Re: Compound words - two possible choices?
Thanks Sally-AnneSally-Anne wrote:To the best of my knowledge there has only ever been one case of an ambiguous or incorrect question on a real paper in the last 6 years.
I really wouldn't worry about the possibility of it occurring.
I'm not really worried - merely curious as to the way a child can select ie it can't be x because......
I know that for some questions, you have to select 2 words similar, same, different etc like Type B but maybe one can't be an option because it's the wrong type ie verb.noun, adjective
Do you think that one fell into the "ambiguous" category?
Anyway, I've made DD run round the garden 6 times and blindfolded, in her bare feet at the stroke of midnight as a punishment for not seeing come-dies straightaway She won't make THAT mistake again
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Re: Compound words - two possible choices?
Not really, for the reasons given above - "indies" as an abbreviation for "independents" would be slang in the old-fashioned world of 11+ vocab, and it is not capitalised, so Indies is also out.bravado wrote:Do you think that one fell into the "ambiguous" category?
It is just an attempt to be too clever (or very stupid) by the author. Unfortunately there are too many examples of that sort of thing abroad.
You were supposed to make her do it in the snow for the Japanese parenting bit to work.Anyway, I've made DD run round the garden 6 times and blindfolded, in her bare feet at the stroke of midnight as a punishment for not seeing come-dies straightaway She won't make THAT mistake again
Re: Compound words - two possible choices?
Thanks again Sally-AnneSally-Anne wrote:Not really, for the reasons given above - "indies" as an abbreviation for "independents" would be slang in the old-fashioned world of 11+ vocab, and it is not capitalised, so Indies is also out.bravado wrote:Do you think that one fell into the "ambiguous" category?
It is just an attempt to be too clever (or very stupid) by the author. Unfortunately there are too many examples of that sort of thing abroad.
You were supposed to make her do it in the snow for the Japanese parenting bit to work.Anyway, I've made DD run round the garden 6 times and blindfolded, in her bare feet at the stroke of midnight as a punishment for not seeing come-dies straightaway She won't make THAT mistake again
I didn't feel an abbreviation would be an option and felt sure it would be discounted on that criteria but wondered if a proper noun could be an option for the reason why it had to be discounted?